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June 2009 Hearing Times is giving back to charity!
Hearing Times, the only national newspaper for people with hearing loss in the UK, is setting up a campaign to donate money to charities on readers' behalves....
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Donaldson's proves that actions speak louder than words
Donaldson’s, Scotland’s national residential and day school for children who are deaf or have speech and language difficulties, has proven its commitment to providing pupils, staff and visitors with the best level of care and support, by achieving RNID’s...
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Sign Tube heads to Taipei for Deaflympics
Andrew and Caroline Thomson, Directors of Sign Now.com are heading out to Taipei in September this year to cover the Deaflympics. Andrew and Caroline will act as media correspondents for their time in Taipei and will be posting videos...
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19-year old Marume scoops Miss Deaf 2009
Zimbabwe has held its first ever Miss Deaf Zimbabwe Pageant, with 15 ladies taking part. The event, taking place for the first time in the country was held in preparation for the Miss Deaf World 2009 Beauty Pageant to be...
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Siemens launches ‘Decibels for Life’
New campaign aims for hearing awareness and instrument innovation ‘Decibels for Life’, the new campaign from Siemens Hearing Instruments, has been launched to maintain awareness of hearing loss. It will also champion hearing innovations that help overcome impairments leading...
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Sign Now and Central Scotland Police work in partnership on hate crime
Central Scotland Police has signalled its commitment to equality within the communities it serves by having key information on hate crime and how to report offences relayed via a innovative British Sign Language (BSL) video in partnership with a...
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Hear Hear! Photography competition winners named
Amateur and professional photographers alike, have been busy snapping their cameras around the county, for their chance to enter a unique photography competition. Launched in the East Anglian Daily Times, to coincide with Deaf Awareness Week, “Hear Suffolk” introduced...
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Girl learns to hug for first time
A seven-year-old girl with physical and learning disabilities has learned to hug her family for the first time, the BBC reports....
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Sign Language Social Club opens its doors
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People is opening up its monthly ‘Sign Club’ to members of the public. Dog training co-ordinator for the charity, Sarah Allom, launched the club in its current format just over a year ago. Sarah explains:...
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Hearing care centre mingles with the stars!
What brings Annie Lennox, Mick Jagger and Amy Winehouse under one roof? Answer, the Hear the World Ambassadors photography exhibition by Phonak in cooperation with musician and photographer Bryan Adams, which is being sponsored by Suffolk’s only award winning...
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£50,000 competition launched to find disabled entrepreneur 2009
Disabled entrepreneurs from across the UK are invited to enter to win a £50,000 first prize as part of the search to find the winner of The Stelios Award for Disabled Entrepreneurs 2009. This major annual award, run by...
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Deaf man and dog to walk 146 miles for charity
85 year-old deaf man Antony Sabin and his hearing dog Branson are getting ready to walk 146 miles on a Shakespearean trail. The pair hope to raise £35,000 for charity Hearing Dogs for Deaf People by walking from the Royal...
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Prominent deaf advocate dies aged 84
Marcella M. Meyer, a prominent advocate for the deaf who fought to expand civil rights in California and America, recently died aged 84. She helped found the Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness in 1969, which established social services and...
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Teacher wins top award
Melanie Potts, a 36 year-old teacher, has won a top teaching award for her work with deaf people. She won the North West’s Teacher of the Year 2009 award following her commitment to teaching sign language and is now...
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Cochlear implant teenager first deaf person to get Duke of Edinburgh award
19-year-old Ross Grant has made history by becoming the first deaf person to win the Duke of Edinburgh leadership award. Prince Phillip will present the award to him at St James’ Palace in London. Ross had a cochlear implant...
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Centre for the deaf marks 15 year anniversary
Walsall College’s Deaf Base has celebrated its 15th year this week. The award-winning centre for deaf and deaf-blind learners marked this special occasion with an evening looking at the scheme’s past and present. Deaf Base was formed to help deaf...
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The man bringing music to life for the deaf
This summer Paul Whittaker will be alongside The Sixteen, a choir celebrating its 30th year. However, what’s extraordinary about him is that he’s totally deaf. If anyone hard of hearing wants to see a concert in the UK, it will...
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Isle of Wright Job Centre Plus receives charter mark for deaf awareness
A Job Centre Plus in the Isle of Wright has achieved the Royal National Institute for the Deaf’s (RNID) ‘Louder than Words’ charter mark. The Job Centre has done this through a continued commitment to providing deaf and hard-of-hearing people...
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Eastwood youngsters help deaf children
Youngsters from Eastwood Rainbows have been raising money to help deaf children. The girls chose to raise money for the Deaf Association from a choice of 19 charities, as they’d recently all learned sign language....
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Deaf girl in final of top modelling contest
Sophie Flory, a deaf girl from Sussex, has reached the final of Miss Teen Queen UK. The 17 year old is profoundly deaf and combines sign-language and speech to communicate, with organisers at the competition having a signer on hand...
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Mohamed Al-Fayed helps deaf star to Olympics
Mohamed Al-Fayed has given £10,000 to a world champion deaf footballer, who faced having his dreams shattered by a change in government sports funding. Ben Lampert played for the Great Britain deaf football team that won gold at the...
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Chloe wins a place at Deaf Olympics
A police inspector who spent 24 hours in a prison cell to raise cash for his 18-year-old footballing daughter is celebrating after she finally won a place in the team. Graham Lockey and his daughter Chloe were disappointed when...
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Gift of hearing for toddler who beat death four times
Meningitis survivor Arthur Russell is finally enjoying a normal life after being on the brink of death four times. Arthur became the youngest person in Scotland to be given cochlear implants when he was ten months-old. Now 23 months-old, Arthur...
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